Faced with the growing threat of the partial lockdown that the coronavirus could provoke, in Brussels, Wallonia or Flanders, the supermarkets are taken by storm …
The coronavirus crisis took on new dimensions on Thursday. Audiences of universities closed, Pro League behind closed doors, frozen sports activities, … And it’s not over.
Pending strong measures to fight the spread of Covid-19 (the National Security Council, which has been meeting since 6 p.m., should further harden the tone and take more strict confinement measures) the Belgians are worried. And, influenced by the Italian situation, where shops (except food) are closed, they have reservations.
This incredible scene of a long line of several hundred meters of shopping carts (video at the head of this article) waiting to go to the cashier, at Colruyt d’Audenaerde, is the example of the “Panic Buying” effect in action .
The same scene was observed at the Colruyt in Leuven, this day again.
In addition, despite the very reassuring communication from large retailers, we cannot help but note, with supporting images, that many of the shelves (toilet paper, pasta, dry food) are empty or close to being so, in Delhaize or Carrefour stores in the capital or its immediate surroundings …
“Toilet paper, pasta, soap, eggs or flour are very rare”, tells us a worried customer …
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